Day: January 16, 2023
Campaigners lose High Court case over waiting times for trans healthcare
January 16, 2023Four people, along with charity Gendered Intelligence and legal campaign group The Good Law Project, brought legal action over the “extreme” wait for a first appointment with a specialist. They argued that the body is failing to meet a duty to ensure that 92% of patients referred for non-urgent care at services commissioned by NHS […]
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David Carrick: Met Police officer admits horrific campaign of rape and abuse of women
January 16, 2023PC David Carrick, 48, subjected at least a dozen victims to appalling physical and emotional abuse over the course of 18 years, while wielding his status as a police officer to ensure they stayed silent. The armed officer, who help to guard politicians and VIPs for more than a decade as a trusted member of […]
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Almost 500 police officers in London schools out of 979 across UK
January 16, 2023A lmost half of all police officers operating in UK schools are based in London, with a charity warning of a “normalised” police presence. A total of 489 police officers are based in schools in the capital, out of 979 officers nationwide, according to a Freedom of Information request to 45 police forces by the […]
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Monster in the Met: Profile of PC David Carrick – the serial rapist who was hiding in plain sight
January 16, 2023The 48-year-old had a string of run-ins with the law over claims of harassing and abusing women in his private life and he attracted the unenviable nickname ‘Bastard Dave’ at work, reportedly for his cruel and mean behaviour. Yet red flags about the PC’s character were missed and – unchecked – Carrick committed an appalling […]
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Man in critical condition after being hit by two cars that failed to stop
January 16, 2023A man is fighting for his life after being hit twice by two cars that drove off. The man in his late 20s was taken to hospital after the horror crash at around 2.39am today at the junction of Seven Sisters Road and Blackstock Road in north London. According to the Met Police it is […]
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